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Capital Management for Banking: Dawn of a New Era

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As today's regulatory and financial environments evolve in the banking sector, efficient capital management has assumed a status of paramount significance. This paper illustrates an approach to managing capital that will enable banks to proactively steer the vital components of strategic plans – product mix evolution, revenue growth and risk appetite. It postulates that banks must manage strategic planning life cycles in tandem with risk appetite and forward capital position. Further, it illustrates ways to make capital management – that is, forward-looking planning and short- to midterm utilization – more efficient and more oriented to risk-adjusted performance measures.

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